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Students get say in curriculum reviews

Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Huang Kuo-shu holds up a placard in the legislature in Taipei yesterday following the passage of the Senior High School Education Act. The placard says that the act consigns non-transparent negotiations on the curriculum guidelines to history.
Photo: Huang Yao-cheng, Taipei Times

The legislature yesterday passed amendments to the Senior High School Education Act (高級中等教育法) to overhaul the review process for the curriculum guidelines, which sparked protests against lack of transparency last year.

‘1992 consensus’ is a poison pill

Taipei Times Editorial

Since Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected president on Jan. 16, China has made no secret of pressuring her to include the so-called “1992 consensus” in her inauguration speech on Friday, threatening “earth-shattering consequences” if it is not adopted as the basis for cross-strait relations.

Efforts to condemn WHO letter fail

Taipei Times

Members of the New Power Party legislative caucus yesterday convene a meeting at the legislature to call for a united cross-party response to the WHO invitation letter.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times

Efforts to pass a legislative resolution condemning the citation of the “one China” principle in a WHO invitation letter stalled yesterday after cross-caucus negotiations broke down because of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) opposition.

Lawmakers tout constitutional reform

Taipei Times

From left, Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology professor Yen Chien-fa, New Power Party Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang, Taiwan Association of University Professors secretary-general Shiu Wen-tang, National Chung Hsing University professor Chen Mu-min and Taiwan Thinktank deputy chief executive Lai I-chung take part in a forum on cross-strait relations in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

Lawmakers and academics yesterday called for constitutional reform to free Taiwan from the shackles of the “one China” framework and push for “normalization” of the nation, while rejecting the feasibility of the so-called “1992 consensus” that they said has been forced upon president-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) by Beijing and President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九).

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